Grieving Brain News Today

The symposium included students sharing research and discoveries, a career panel, and community-building workshop centered around how the brain experiences grief.

Taylor Swift has drawn new attention to the framework, but psychologists disagree about how useful it is.

Taylor Swift has drawn new attention to the framework, but psychologists disagree about how useful it is.

Loved ones are wired into our brain. Learning that they’re gone requires rewiring

Mary-Frances O’Connor, who wrote "The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss," is featured on the latest podcast.

Writer embarks on a research journey to learn how heartbreak affects both the mind and body, in the hope of finally dealing with his own breakup.

Science shows that heartbreak doesn't just hurt emotionally. It can affect our brains and immune systems. I asked researchers if science could also mend my broken heart.

"When I began to read them, I found that she was not stoic. She had plenty of painful thoughts that she’d never said out loud."

"When I began to read them, I found that she was not stoic. She had plenty of painful thoughts that she’d never said out loud."

"When I began to read them, I found that she was not stoic. She had plenty of painful thoughts that she’d never said out loud."